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NTLDR is compressed
NTLDR is compressed. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.
This is the message I get when I start my computer (XP Home Edition).When I Press Ctrl+Alt+Del it restarts and I get the same message.XP was already installed when I got the computer so I don't have an XP CD.I tried using an XP boot disk (floppy) and got this message:"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:windows root\system 32\hal.dll Please re-install a copy of the above file",then I took the floppy out,restarted and am back at the "NTLDR is compressed"I am just a beginner really,to all this stuffAny help, ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.If at all possible, I would like to keep the files and photos etc. that I've got somewhere on my computer,from when it used to work.Thank-you in advance for any advice about this |
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There is any MSDN article that discusses this. See:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...d_tro_evwd.asp Your predicament will be that most of the fixes in the article discuss using the recovery console to repair either the MBR or the boot sector of the drive. The Recovery Console is accessed by booting from the XP CD and choosing the first repair option. Still worth a read though, make sure you see the two sub-sections in the left tree about restoring the mbr and replacing the boot sector. -- Tom Porterfield Windows XP / Smart Display MVP http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only. "Chris Langley" wrote in message ... NTLDR is compressed. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. This is the message I get when I start my computer (XP Home Edition).When I Press Ctrl+Alt+Del it restarts and I get the same message.XP was already installed when I got the computer so I don't have an XP CD.I tried using an XP boot disk (floppy) and got this message:"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:windows root\system 32\hal.dll Please re-install a copy of the above file",then I took the floppy out,restarted and am back at the "NTLDR is compressed"I am just a beginner really,to all this stuffAny help, ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.If at all possible, I would like to keep the files and photos etc. that I've got somewhere on my computer,from when it used to work.Thank-you in advance for any advice about this |
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Hi Chris,
In addition to Tom's response, check your HP documentation on how to = load the Recovery Console as you do not have the CD. You will need this = for some of the repair operations discussed in that article, or to do = the repair install. --=20 Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - = http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone - = www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "Chris Langley" wrote in message = ... NTLDR is compressed. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to = restart. This is the message I get when I start my computer (XP Home = Edition).When I Press Ctrl+Alt+Del it restarts and I get the same message.XP was = already installed when I got the computer so I don't have an XP CD.I tried = using an XP boot disk (floppy) and got this message:"Windows could not start = because the following file is missing or corrupt:windows root\system = 32\hal.dll Please re-install a copy of the above file",then I took the floppy out,restarted and am back at the "NTLDR is compressed"I am just a = beginner really,to all this stuffAny help, ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.If at all possible, I would like to keep the files and = photos etc. that I've got somewhere on my computer,from when it used to work.Thank-you in advance for any advice about this =20 |
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Rick, are you psychic? =) How do you know that Chris owns an HP? Did I
miss something? -- Tom Porterfield Windows XP / Smart Display MVP http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only. "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi Chris, In addition to Tom's response, check your HP documentation on how to load the Recovery Console as you do not have the CD. You will need this for some of the repair operations discussed in that article, or to do the repair install. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "Chris Langley" wrote in message ... NTLDR is compressed. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. This is the message I get when I start my computer (XP Home Edition).When I Press Ctrl+Alt+Del it restarts and I get the same message.XP was already installed when I got the computer so I don't have an XP CD.I tried using an XP boot disk (floppy) and got this message:"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:windows root\system 32\hal.dll Please re-install a copy of the above file",then I took the floppy out,restarted and am back at the "NTLDR is compressed"I am just a beginner really,to all this stuffAny help, ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.If at all possible, I would like to keep the files and photos etc. that I've got somewhere on my computer,from when it used to work.Thank-you in advance for any advice about this |
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A guess Tom, a guess.....I just got my crystal ball back from the shop, =
so I'm giving it a test run. Truth is - I was thinking HP as Chris mentioned "already = installed......I don't have an XP CD", so that's what I wrote. I meant = to simply state "system documentation". Spellcheck doesn't seem to catch = those errors. g --=20 Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - = http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone - = www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "Tom Porterfield" wrote in message = ... Rick, are you psychic? =3D) How do you know that Chris owns an HP? = Did I=20 miss something? =20 --=20 Tom Porterfield Windows XP / Smart Display MVP http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support =20 Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only. =20 "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message=20 ... Hi Chris, =20 In addition to Tom's response, check your HP documentation on how to = load=20 the Recovery Console as you do not have the CD. You will need this for = some of the repair operations discussed in that article, or to do the=20 repair install. =20 --=20 Best of Luck, =20 Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x -=20 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -=20 www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org =20 "Chris Langley" wrote in message=20 ... NTLDR is compressed. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to=20 restart. This is the message I get when I start my computer (XP Home=20 Edition).When I Press Ctrl+Alt+Del it restarts and I get the same message.XP was = already installed when I got the computer so I don't have an XP CD.I tried = using=20 an XP boot disk (floppy) and got this message:"Windows could not start=20 because the following file is missing or corrupt:windows root\system=20 32\hal.dll Please re-install a copy of the above file",then I took the floppy out,restarted and am back at the "NTLDR is compressed"I am just a=20 beginner really,to all this stuffAny help, ideas or suggestions would be = much appreciated.If at all possible, I would like to keep the files and=20 photos etc. that I've got somewhere on my computer,from when it used to work.Thank-you in advance for any advice about this =20 =20 |
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